Hospitals

 

San Donato may be preparing to IPO

Rumours are circulating that San Donato, Italy’s largest for-profit hospital group, is about to IPO. HBI speaks to an Italian market expert to see how likely this is.

AMEOS opens new medical campus in Germany

AMEOS Gruppe, Germany’s fourth largest hospital group by revenue, has opened a medical campus in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, to provide the clinical stage of medical degrees for 40 doctors a years, as part of a degree program which AMEOS has been running for the past three years in partnership with a Croatian university.

Practice Plus Group joins Bupa UK network

Practice Plus Group, one the UK's largest private hospital groups, has partnered with multinational health insurer Bupa to give Bupa UK insurance customers access to treatment at its hospitals and surgery centres.

A bright future for Finnish providers

Positive results from three Finnish healthcare giants indicate the market is on an exciting trajectory. Janne-Olli Järvenpää, CEO of Mehiläinen, the largest of the three groups, explains the opportunities for both outsourcing and private-pay - and how independent operators can make the most of booming demand in what may be Europe's "most advanced healthcare market in terms of private-pay".

KPJ to focus on Malaysia and exit other markets

Listed Malaysian hospital group KPJ Healthcare is selling non-core assets it holds outside of Malaysia to focus on its Malaysian hospital segment. It has already fully exited Indonesia and plans to fully exit Australia within the next two years, and may also exit Bangladesh. It still has a hospital in Thailand which it has no plans to sell, as it is focused on medical tourism - a key part of the company's strategy going forward. The company reported strong results for 2023, with revenue up 19% and core net profit up 61%.

German hospital sector turmoil may ultimately benefit for-profits

For-profit hospital groups in Germany are not immune to the cost pressures which are causing many public hospitals to become insolvent. But the CEO of Germany’s fourth largest group, Ameos, tells us the restructuring of Germany’s hospital sector is necessary, and that for-profit groups may ultimately benefit by gaining greater market share.

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